Description

The course will provide an account of the law of marine insurance (hull, cargo, freight and P & I) and of many principles of the law of insurance generally. Concepts such as insurable interest, duration of cover, utmost good faith, risks insured, proximate cause, exclusions, warranties and subrogation are as much part of the law of marine insurance as to ordinary property insurance and third party liability insurance. In this way, the course will be of value to those specialising in shipping and transport and to those engaged in commerce generally. The course will focus on the English Marine Insurance Act 1906 (equivalent to Cap 387) and the most recent and important changes in over 100 years to the concepts of nondisclosure, misrepresentation and warranties brought about by the English Insurance Act 2015 which entered into force only last year.

About The Speaker

Dr Steven Hazelwood was a partner in a leading City of London shipping and insurance law firm, serving in their London, Hong Kong and Singapore offices where he was Senior Resident Partner. Specializing in complex insurance and marine casualties, he has handled cases in the highest courts such as the Court of Appeal and House of Lords and international arbitrations in London and New York. He has taught law at various universities, in England and around the world, and has been an examiner to the Bar Council of England and Wales and to the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers. A former Consultant to the Shipping Division of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva, he has also spoken at numerous international conferences and seminars. He has published many articles on shipping law and marine insurance. Dr Hazelwood is the author of P & I Clubs: Law & Practice 3rd Edition (LLP, 2000) and one of the general editors of Marsden and Gault’s Collisions at Sea 14th Edition (Sweet & Maxwell, 2016).

Who Should Attend

Lawyers, in-house counsel, and legal officers and claims handlers working in the maritime and marine insurance industry and for P & I Clubs.